Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
A weak front moves away northeast, with early areas of rain tending to break up and clear. Low cloud may persist around western mountains of Britain. Southerly winds strengthening later ahead of heavy rain setting in by evening into night, soonest in western Scotland.
Scattered showers morning. Wind increasing to severe gales evening.
Southwest 15 to 25mph; marked increase later in the afternoon and into the evening to 35 to 45mph. Reaching 60-80mph from dusk into night.
Will impede walking at times across higher slopes; and increasingly later in the day becoming arduous. Deteriorating further from sunset.
A few showers morning; rain into evening.
Scattered showers mostly morning, falling as snow above 900-1000m. Then largely dry middle of day into afternoon. During the evening, heavy rain (briefly summit snow) arrives from west to set in onward into night, heaviest southern Cairngorms.
Occasionally covering tops.
Cloud bases varying from being above the summits at times, to lowering, mainly near showers, to 900-1100m. Breaks generally most frequent Monadhliath and north of the Cairngorms.
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Occasional shafts of sun. Visibility mostly very good, but poor in rain.
1 or 2C. By dusk, wind chill close to -15C on higher summits.
1000-1200m.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Southwesterly 30 to 45mph from dawn, easing to 20mph for a few hours before increasing to 35 to 50mph in the evening.
Walking at times arduous through the day, but a lull likely for a few hours, then widely difficult conditions late in the day.
Snow showers, especially in the west.
Snow and hail showers; these frequent for a time in the west. These will give way to a persistent rain and above 600m snow later in the day. All turning to rain into night, heavy falls southern Cairngorms.
Often covering higher tops.
Cloud often covering tops above 900-1100m through the day, at times down to 700m in the west. Best breaks in the east.
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Shafts of sun, mostly in the east. Visibility at times good, but lowering in rain/snow.
-1 or -2C; then rising above freezing from dusk.
600-800m, then lifting above summits into evening, but will lower again through night.
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Thursday 11th March 2021
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Monday 8th March 2021 at
3:36 PM
Westerly 45 to 60mph.
Difficult conditions across the mountains most of the day. Severe wind chill.
Hail or snow showers
Clusters of showers coming in from the west, locally very frequent for periods, particularly west of the A9. Hail, and snow at times falling below 500m. Chance isolated thunder.
Varied, mostly higher tops
Cloud bases changing quickly between showers: often above 800 to 1000m, but near/west of A9 fairly persistent on high tops. Briefly below 700m in showers. Breaks to higher tops mostly toward east.
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Bursts of sun away from showers. Often very good visibility, but suddenly reduced by showers.
-3C, perhaps a few degrees higher just at first.
650 to 800m; lowering up to dusk.
Very unsettled through the middle of this week as a series of low pressure systems move to the north of Britain. Persistent gale force winds across the mountains, stormy at times. Heavy rain will make western areas very wet underfoot. Temperatures falling below freezing on higher mountains, particularly by Thursday, resulting in some fresh snow accumulations on tops. Heavy showers will also contain hail and a risk of thunder. Scottish mountains likely to stay sub-zero into the weekend, with some freeze and thaw cycles elsewhere. Into next week, indications favour an improvement from the south as high pressure rebuilds.